Lucien

What Lucien means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lucien yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,157 in 2015 to #897 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lucien?

US: Rising: up from #1157 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1046 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1909, when 30 boys got the name (#462 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 6,446 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.68 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.6 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lucien is #897 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lucien were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Luzian6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lucien

Boys

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025

For a sister

• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lucien’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.